basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
practicality; utility; usefulness
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
unappealing; uninteresting; lacking charm
romance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale; (nigh) impossible dream; adventurous spirit; (full-length) novel; romance
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
for example; for instance; e.g.
robot; (mere) puppet; pawn; figurehead
class (e.g. school); grade; rank; kyū; kyu; junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
dimension; perspective; point of reference; level (of something)
than; from; out of; except; but; more
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
(electric) torch; flashlight
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute
wrapping cloth; cloth wrapper
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
konnyaku (Amorphophallus konjac); konjac; devil's tongue; konnyaku jelly; konjac jelly; devil's tongue jelly
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
to attempt; to test; to try out
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
to pass (of time); to elapse
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
set; set meal; combo-meal; hairdo
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good